A Theoretical Model for Neighborhood Studies in Residential Environments

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1 Ph.D., Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Shahid Beheshti University

2 Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Shahid Beheshti University

Abstract

Nowadays, urban living is necessarily associated with neighboring groups of people. The historical experience of human habitation in different parts of the world is a testament to the above-mentioned. Accordingly, the study of the Neighbor Law in general and the laws of social relationships in residential environments, in particular, becomes necessary and relevant. The main purpose of the present article is to explain the influence of the physical environment on social relationships in a neighborhood, which is a matter of concern for residential planners and designers. For this purpose, the variables affecting neighbor relationships were identified and categorized by reviewing research sources, and next, the impact of these variables on each other and neighborhood relationships was determined by logical reasoning. The findings suggest that neighbor social relationships are primarily affected by individual and socio-economic characteristics of residents, such as personality traits, marital status, gender, length of residence, home ownership, ethnicity, and race. The physical characteristics of the environment can also facilitate or deter the formation and continuation of neighbor social relationships. The three main variables affecting neighbor social relationships are as follows: Totality of the Physical Environment (residential density and appearance); Public Space (size, shape, enclosure, floor and edge characteristics, and characteristics of local service facilities); and Residential Blocks (housing type, accessibility to and visibility of public space from residential blocks). On the other hand, since "meaning" is the mechanism of any individual’s relationship with the environment, people interact with each other according to the meaning of particular activities and physical characteristics of the environment. Accordingly, the impact of the characteristics of the environment (independent variables) on the neighbor social relationships (dependent variables) can be explained through meaning-related variables (mediating variables). Consequently, it is worth mentioning that the "cognitive qualities of the physical environment" impact the "structural and interactional aspects of neighboring" through "neighborhood attachment." Variable relationships are presented in a theoretical model which can be used by researchers studying neighbor social relationships in various socio-cultural contexts.

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Journal of Iranian Architecture Studies
Volume 10, Issue 20 - Serial Number 20
December 2021
Pages 239-258

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